cut out, knock out,
ἐκκόπτ-ω,
A. cut out, knock out,
τοὺς γομφίους
Phryn.Com. 68
; τῶν ἑρπετῶν ἐξέκοψε τὸ φθέγμα
Call. Iamb. 1.163
:— Pass. ,ἢν..τωφθαλμὼ' κκοπῇς haveyour eyesknocked out,
Ar. Av. 342 ; τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν ἐκκεκομμένος
D. 18.67
;ἐξεκέκοπτο τὴν φωνήν had losthis voice, Luc. JTr. 16 .
2. cut[trees]out ofa wood,fell,
Hdt. 6.37 ( Pass. ), 9.97 , Th. 6.99 , etc. ; δένδρα ἐκκεκόφασι
X. HG 6.5.37
;παράδεισον laid wastethe park, Id. An. 1.4.10 ; χωρία
D.H. 8.87
; νήσους καὶ πόλεις
Plu. Pomp. 24
: hence,
b. metaph.,cut off, make an end of,
τοὺς ἄνδρας
Hdt. 4.110
;ἐ. φενακισμόν, ἱεροσυλίαν,
Din. 2.4 , Is. 8.39 ;eradicateabuses, OGI 669.64 (Egypt,i A.D.) ; τὴν αἰσθητικὴν ἐνέργειαν
Arist. PA 656b5
;extirpate,[λύπας] Diog.Oen. 2 :— Pass. , ἡ θρασύτης ἐξεκέκοπτο
Pl. Chrm. 155c
.
c. ἐ. πλοῖα scuttleships, IG 12(7).386.9 (Amorgos).
3. as military term,beat off, repulse,
τὰς ἀκροβολίσεις
X. Cyr. 6.2.15
; τοὺς ἐπὶ τῷ λόφῳ
Id. HG 7.4.26
.
4. win,in throwing the dice, Alex. 44 , Menecr.I D. :— Pass. ,to be ruined at play,
Hsch.
5.
ἐ. θύρας break open,
Lys. 3.6
; οἰκίαν ἐ.
Plb. 4.3.10
.
6. cut outorerasean inscription, SIG 38.38 (Teos, V B.C.), Arist. Rh. 1400a33 ; οὐδενὶ ἐξέσται..γράμμα ἐκκόψαι
CIG 3028
(Ephesus), al. ; ἐ. τὴν χεῖρα
Ev.Matt. 5.30
;cut out,as a surgeon does, Luc. Cat. 24 .
7. coin, stampmoney, D.S. 11.26 .
b. metaph.,φαντασίαν ἐ. ὡς.. Phld. Lib. p.56 O. ;γένη οὐκ ἐκκοπτόμενα ἰδίοις τέλεσιgenders notmarkedby different terminations, A.D. Synt. 104.23 ;ἐ. ἀναφθέγματα coinexpressions, Phld. D. 3.14 .
8. hinder, bring to a stop,
PAlex. 4.1
(iii B.C.), Vett.Val. 268.6 .
II. intr.,pause, come to a stop,
Id. 260.24 .
